Mark Speltz: 2 books
Fill 'er Up
The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Step back to the day when a visit to the gas station meant service with a smile, a wash of the windshield, and the cheerful question, "Fill 'er up?" Since their unremarkable beginnings as cheap shacks and curbside pumps at the dawn of the automobile age, gas stations have taken many forms...
Bottoms Up
A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars and Breweries
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Bottoms Up celebrates Wisconsin’s taverns and the breweries that fueled them. Beginning with inns and saloons, the book explores the rise of taverns and breweries, the effects of temperance and Prohibition, and attitudes about gender, ethnicity, and morality. It traces the development of the megabreweries,...